 Studying Macbeth or William Shakespeare? Let's look at some quotes and do some word-level analysis on Lady Macbeth's character. Let's look at what she says in Act 1 Scene 5 when she gets the news from Macbeth that he's then of Cordell. She says the raven is horse and the raven is a metaphor for death. This declarative sentence tells us that she thinks King Duncan will soon die. My battlements means her home. He's going to die when he visits their home. This imperative sentence shows her forceful nature. The verb and sex shows she wants to be a man. This alliteration shows she wants to be filled with evil. This Azura after cruelty shows she wants to have the power to be evil like men. Stop up the axis and passage she remorse is an imperative sentence basically saying she doesn't want to fill any type of guilt. Her mention of my woman's breast shows she sees femininity as a sign of weakness. The alliteration of M in my milk shows she's disgusted at being a woman. Murdering ministers is a metaphor for the supernatural. Thick Knight is a pathetic fallacy showing she wants to do evil actions in the darkness. She mentions hell to show she wants to go against God and violate divine right of kings by killing King Duncan.